63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016)

63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016) at a glance:

The event of 63rd Filmfare Awards-South held on 18 June 2016 at the Hyderabad International Convention Center.

Actor Rahul Ravindran and singer Chinmayi Sripada hosted the show in 2016. They together hosted the 61st Filmfare Awards-South (2014) too. 

Earlier, Chinmay Sripada hosted the show for the 3rd consecutive year. She hosted the 59th Filmfare Awards-South (2012) with singer Karthik, 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013) with Actor Sundeep Krishan, and 61st Filmfare Awards-South (2014) with Actor Rahul Ravindran.

Content:

1. Venue
2. About Filmfare Awards-South
3. Introduction of Filmfare Awards-South
4. List of Winners and Nominees-63rd Filmfare Awards-South (Main Awards)
   • Winners and Nominees of Tamil Cinema Awards
   • Winners and Nominees of Telugu Cinema Awards
   • Winners and Nominees of Malayalam Cinema Awards
   • Winners and Nominees of Kannada Cinema Awards
5. Most Awarded Films in 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016)
   • Most Awarded Tamil Films
   • Most Awarded Telugu Films
   • Most Awarded Malayalam Films
   • Most Awarded Kannada Films
6. Most Nominated films in 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016)
   • Most Nominated Tamil Films
   • Most Nominated Telugu Films
   • Most Nominated Malayalam Films
   • Most Nominated Kannada Films
7. Special Jury Award
8. Filmfare Awards for Best Female Debut-South
9. Filmfare Awards for Best Male Debut-South
10. Filmfare Awards for Best Cinematographer-South
11. Filmfare Awards for Best Choreographer-South
12. Filmfare Awards for Best Art Director-South
13. Lifetime Achievement Award
14. Critics Award for Best Actor
15. Critics Award for Best Actress
16. Technical Awards
17. Awards Highlights
    • Awards Highlights-Tamil
    • Awards Highlights-Telugu
    • Awards Highlights-Malayalam
    • Awards Highlights-Kannada

Venue

Initially, Filmfare Awards South was part of the Filmfare Awards (Hindi Cinema). Therefore, the award ceremonies were held in Bombay (now Mumbai) from 1964 to 1971 in a row.

Filmfare Awards South was held in Chennai for the first time in the year 1972. Moreover, it was the first time when the show was held outside Bombay.

However, the show was again held in Bombay in the years 1973 and 1974.

Thereafter since the 22nd Filmfare Awards South (1975), the ceremony started regularly in Chennai.

The 39th Filmfare Awards South were also held in Bombay along with Filmfare Awards (Hindi Cinema) on 31 March 1993.

The 44th Filmfare South (1996) was held at the Ravindra Bharati Auditorium, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, on 30 August 1997.

This was the first time when Filmfare Awards South were held outside Bombay/Mumbai or Madras/Chennai.

The award function started to be held in Chennai and Hyderabad in alternate years since the 43rd Filmfare Awards South (1996).

The 62nd Filmfare Awards South (2015) was held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on 26 June 2015. The event of 63rd Filmfare Awards-South held on 18 June 2016 at the Hyderabad International Convention Center.

List of Winners and Nominees-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

Nominees and Winners of Tamil Cinema Awards

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Nominees and Winners of Telugu Cinema Awards

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Nominees and Winners of Malayalam Cinema Awards

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Nominees and Winners of Kannada Cinema Awards

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Special Jury Award-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

The Special Jury Award was not presented in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016) for the 5th consecutive year.

Lifetime Achievement Award-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South

• Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).
  • Simran became the first winner of the award.
  • She won the award for the Tamil language films Nerukku Ner, Once More, and VIP.
• Sai Pallavi and Pragya Jaiswal received the award for Best Female Debut in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
  • Sai Pallavi won the award for Best Female Debut for the Malayalam-Tamil language film Premam.
  • Pragya Jaiswal won the award for Best Female Debut for the Telugu language film Kanche.

Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut-South

• Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut-South was first introduced in the 48th Filmfare Awards-South (2001).
  • R. Madhavan became the first winner of the award.
  • He won the award for the Tamil language film Alaipayuthey.
• Akhil Akkineni and G.V. Prakash Kumar received the award for Best Male Debut in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
  • Akhil Akkineni won the award for the Telugu language Film Akhil.
  • G.V. Prakash Kumar won the award for the Tamil language film Darling.

Filmfare Critics Awards for Best Actor

• Critics Award was introduced in the 59th Filmfare Awards-South (2012).
  • Jayam Ravi won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Tamil) for Thani Oruvan in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
  • Nani won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Telugu) for Bhale Bhale Magadivoy in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
  • Jayasurya won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Malayalam) for Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
  • Sanchari Vijay won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Kannada) for Naanu Avanalla…Avalu in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).

Filmfare Critics Awards for Best Actress

• Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress was introduced in the 63rd Filmfare Awards (2016).
  • Jyothika won the award for the film 36 Vayadhinile (Tamil).
  • Nithya Menon won the award for the film Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju (Telugu).
  • Amala Paul won the award for the film Mili (Malayalam).
  • Rachita Ram won the award for for the film Ranna (Kannada).

Technical Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer-South

• Filmfare Best Cinematographer-South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).
• Santosh Sivan became the first winner of the Award.
  • He won the award for the Tamil language film Iruvar.
• K. K. Senthil Kumar won the award for Filmfare Best Cinematographer-South in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
  • He won the award for the Telugu language film Baahubali: The Beginning.

Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer-South

• Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).
  • Brinda Master became the first person to received the award.
  • She won the award for the Telugu language film Preminchukundam Raa.
• Sekhar VJ won the Filmfare Best Choreographer-South in the 63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016).
  • He won the award for the song Kung Fu Kumaari from Bruce Lee: The Fighter.

Filmfare Award for Best Art Director-South

• Filmfare Award for Best Art Director South was first introduced in the 46th Filmfare Awards-South (1999).
  • Thotta Tharani won the award for the Telugu language film Choodalani Vundi.
• Sabu Cyril won the award for Best Production Designer-South(Best Art Director) in the 58th Filmfare Awards South (2011).
  • He won the award for the Tamil language Science Fiction film Enthiran.
    • The name of the award was changed from Best Art Director-South to Best Production Designer-South from 58th Filmfare Awards South (2011) onward. This was done by keeping in mind that Art Direction is itself a part of Production Design.
• Award for Best Art Director-South or Best Production Designer-South was not awarded in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016) for the 5th consecutive year.

There are several occasions when the Filmfare Award for Best Art Director-South was not awarded. Here is the list of Filmfare Awards South in which the Best Director Award was not given:

1. 47th Filmfare Awards South (2000) to 52nd Filmfare Awards South (2005); for six (6) consecutive years.
2. 54th Filmfare Awards South (2007).
3. 56th Filmfare Awards South (2009) to 57th Filmfare Awards South (2010); for two (2) consecutive years.
4. 59th Filmfare Awards South (2012) to 64th Filmfare Awards South (2017); for six more consecutive years.

Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design-South

• Manish Malhotra received the newly introduced award for Best Costume Design-South in the 58th Filmfare Awards-South (2011).
  • He won the award for the Tamil language Science Fiction Enthiran.
• The award was not given in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016) for the 4th consecutive year.

Most Nominated and Most Awarded films-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

Several films received multiple nominations and multiple awards in various categories. The following films received multiple nominations and multiple awards, including the Most Awards and the Most Nominations in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016):

Most Awarded South Indian Films in 63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

Most Nominated South Indian Films in 63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

Most Awarded and Most Nominated (Tamil Films)-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

Most Awarded Tamil Films

Most Nominated Tamil Films

Highlights-Tamil Cinema Awards-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

• The film “I” became the most awarded Tamil film in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
  • The film won four (4) awards out of eight (8) nominations.
    1. Vikram won the Filmfare award for the Best Actor (Tamil).
    2. A. R. Rahman won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director (Tamil).
    3. Madhan Karky won the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist-Tamil for the song Pookkale Sattru from “I”.
    4. Sid Sriram won the Filmfare award for Best Male Playback Singer-Tamil for the song Ennodu Nee Irundhaal from “I”.
• By receiving eight (8) nominations “I” also became the Most Nominated Tamil film in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016)
• Film Thani Oruvan received six (6) nominations and won three (3) of them.
  1. Mohan Raja won the Filmfare award for Best Director (Tamil).
  2. Arvind Swamy won the Filmfare award for Best Supporting Actor (Tamil).
  3. Jayam Ravi won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Tamil).
• Tamil Film Thanga Magan received four (4) nominations. However, the film could win only two (2) awards.
  1. Raadhika won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress (Tamil).
  2. Swetha Mohan won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song Enna Solla from Thanga Magan.
• Film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan and 36 Vayadhinile received six (6) nominations each. Both films won one (1) award each.
  1. Nayantara won the Filmfare award for Best Actress (Tamil) for Naanum Rowdy Dhaan.
  2. Jyothika won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for 36 Vayadhinile.
     • She also received a nomination in the category of Best Actress (Tamil) for 36 Vayadhinile.
• Film Kaaka Muttai received three (3) nominations and won one of them.
  • The film won the Filmfare award for Best Film (Tamil).
• Film Yennai Arindhaal and Papanasam received five (5) nominations each. However, both the films failed to win any awards in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
• Film Puli received two (2) nominations but did not win any.

Most Awarded and Most Nominated (Telugu Films)-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

Most Awarded Telugu Films

Most Nominated Telugu Films

Highlights-Telugu Cinema Awards-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

• The Epic film Baahubali: The Beginning received ten (10) Filmfare nominations.
  • By receiving ten (10) Filmfare nominations, Baahubali: The Beginning became the Most Nominated Telugu film in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
• Baahubali: The Beginning won five (5) Filmfare awards out of ten (10) nominations.
  1. The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Telugu).
  2. S.S. Rajamouli won the Filmfare award for Best Director (Telugu).
  3. Ramya Krishna won the Filmfare award for Best Supporting Actress (Telugu).
  4. Geetha Madhuri won the Filmfare award for Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu).
     • She won the award for the song Jeevanadhi.
  5. K.K. Senthil Kumar won the award for Filmfare Best Cinematographer (South).
• Film Srimanthudu received nine (9) nominations and won three (3) out of them.
  1. Mahesh Babu won the Filmfare award for Best Actor (Telugu).
  2. Devi Sri Prasad won the Filmfare award for Best Music Director (Telugu).
  3. M. L. R. Karthikeyan won the Filmfare award for Best Male Playback Singer (Telugu).
     • He won the award for the song Pora Srimanthuda.
• Film Kanche received seven (7) nominations. The film won two (2) Filmfare awards.
  1. Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry won the Filmfare award for Best Lyricist (Telugu).
     • He won the award for the song Raa Mundadugeddam.
  2. Pragya Jaiswal received the Filmfare award for Best Female Debut in South Indian Movies.
• Film Rudhramadevi received two (2) nominations and won both of them.
  1. Anushka Shetty won the Filmfare award for Best Actress (Telugu).
  2. Allu Arjun won the Filmfare award for Best Supporting Actor (Telugu).
• Film Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju received seven (7) nominations. However, the film won only one (1) award.
  1. Nithya Menon received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress (Telugu).
• Film Bhale Bhale Magadivoy received three (3) nominations. The film could win only one (1) award.
  1. Actor Nani won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Telugu).
• Film Bruce Lee: The Fighter received two (2) nominations and won one (1) of them.
  1. Sekhar VJ won the Filmfare Best Choreographer-South.
     • He won the award for the song Kung Fu Kumaari.
• Film S/O Satyamurthy, Kumari 21F, and Gopala Gopala received three (3) nominations each.
  • However, none of the films could win any awards.
• Film Puli, Temper, and Kerintha received two (2) nominations each.
  • However, all these films failed to win any awards.

Most Awarded and Most Nominated (Malayalam Films)-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

Most Awarded Malayalam Films

Most Nominated Malayalam Films

Highlights-Malayalam Cinema Awards-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

1. Film Ennu Ninte Moideen received nine (9) Filmfare nominations in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
2. By receiving nine (9) nominations, Ennu Ninte Moideen became the Most Nominated Malayalam film in the 2016 Filmfare Awards-South.
3. The film won seven (7) Filmfare awards out of nine (9) nominations.
4. By winning seven (7) awards, Ennu Ninte Moideen became the Most Awarded South Indian film in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016). Here is the list of winners of those seven (7) filmfare Awards:
   1. R. S. Vimal – Best Director (Malayalam).
   2. Parvathy Thiruvothu – Best Actress (Malayalam).
   3. Tovino Thomas – Best Supporting Actor (Malayalam).
   4. Lena – Best Supporting Actress (Malayalam).
   5. M. Jayachandran – Best Music Director (Malayalam).
   6. Rafeeq Ahamed – Best Lyricist (Malayalam).
      • He won the award for the song Kaathirunnu.
   7. Shreya Ghoshal – Best Female Playback Singer.
      • She too won the award for the song Kaathirunnu.
5. Film Pathemari received seven (7) nominations. The film won two (2) Filmfare Awards.
   1. Best Film – Malayalam.
   2. Mammootty – Best Actor (Malayalam).
6. Film Premam too received seven (7) nominations. The film also won two (2) Filmfare Awards.
   1. Vijay Yesudas – Best Male Playback Singer (Malayalam).
      • He won the award for the song Malare Ninne.
   2. Sai Pallavi – Best Female Debut (South).
7. Film Charlie too received seven (7) nominations. However, the film could not win any awards.
8. Film Mili won one (1) Filmfare award out of four (4) nominations.
   1. Amala Paul – Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress (Malayalam).
9. Film Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam received three (3) nominations. The film won only one (1) award in the Critics Awards category.
   1. Jayasurya – Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Malayalam).
10. Film Anarkali, Rani Padmini, Chandrettan Evideya, and Ennum Eppozhum received two nominations each. However, none of the films could win any awards.

Most Awarded and Most Nominated (Kannada Films)-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

Most Awarded Kannada Films

Most Nominated Kannada Films

Highlights-Kannada Cinema Awards-63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016)

• Film RangiTaranga received six (6) nominations.
• By receiving six (6) nominations, RangiTaranga became the Most Nominated Kannada film in the 63rd Filmfare Awards-South (2016).
• The film won four (4) Filmfare awards out of six (6) nominations.
• By winning four (4) Filmfare awards, RangiTaranga also became the Most Awarded Kannada film in the 2016 Filmfare awards-South. Here are the winners:
  1. Best Film (Kannada).
  2. Anup Bhandari – Best Director (Kannada).
  3. Saikumar – Best Supporting Actor (Kannada).
  4. Inchara Rao – Best Female Playback Singer
     • She won the award for the song Kareyole.
• Film Aatagara and Krishna Leela received five (5) nominations each. Both films won one (1) award each
  • Parul Yadav won the Filmfare award for Best Actress (Kannada) for Aatagara.
  • Sridhar V. Sambhram won the Filmfare award for Best Music Director (Kannada) for the film Krishna Leela.
• Rana Vikrama and Kendasampige received four (4) nominations each. Both films won one (1) award each too.
  • Puneeth Rajkumar won the Filmfare award for Best Actor (Kannada) for Rana Vikrama.
  • Jayant Kaikini won the Filmfare award for Best Lyricist (Kannada).
    • He won the award for the song Nenape Nitya Mallige.
• Film Vajrakaya too received four (4) nominations. However, the film did not win any awards.
• Film Naanu Avanalla…Avalu, Ranna, Vaastu Prakaara, and Rhaatee received three nominations each. All films won one (1) award each too.
  1. Sanchari Vijay – Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Kannada) for Naanu Avanalla…Avalu.
  2. Rachita Ram – Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress (Kannada) for Ranna.
  3. Sudharani – Best Supporting Actress (Kannada) for Vaastu Prakaara.
  4. Santhosh Venky – Best Male Playback Singer.
     • He won the award for the song Raja Raniyanthe.
• Film Masterpiece and Luv U Alia received two (2) nominations each. However, both films did not win any awards.

About Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Awards South is a separate part of the annual Filmfare Awards. However, Filmfare Magazine presents both awards. The First Filmfare Awards were given on 21 March 1954.

Initially, only Hindi cinema personalities get nominated and awarded in various Filmfare Categories. Thereafter, Filmfare started new segments like Filmfare South, Filmfare Marathi, and Filmfare Bengali.

Filmfare Magazine presents Filmfare Awards. The Time Group publish the Filmfare magazine. Filmfare Awards acknowledge and honor the talent of Hindi Cinema. Filmfare Awards South aims to consider South Indian Films and related film personalities to honor and encourage them.

Introduction of Filmfare Awards South

South Film Industry makes films in mainly four languages namely Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Thus, Filmfare Magazine introduced the new segment of Filmfare Awards for South.

The First Filmfare Award was held in the year 1954 in Bombay (now Mumbai). Filmfare presented awards, for Hindi Cinema, in five categories only.

Filmfare Magazine introduced Filmfare Awards South in 1964, after ten (10) years of the First Filmfare Awards held in Bombay (now Mumbai).

In the meantime, Filmfare also introduced Filmfare Awards East and Filmfare Marathi Awards in 1963. Filmfare Awards East were initially meant for Bangla Cinema. However, Assamese and Odia cinema were also included in the year 2014.

South Indian Films (Tamil and Telugu only) were considered in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Filmfare Awards South. Malayalam Films were added to the 14th Filmfare Awards South (1967). Thereafter, Kannada Films were also added to the 17th Filmfare Awards South. Thus, all four languages of South Indian Films or four film industries were considered for awards since the 17th Filmfare Awards South (1970).

Introduction of New Categories

Filmfare Awards South presented awards in the category of Best Film only from 1964 to 1972.

Filmfare introduced new categories of awards in the 20th Filmfare Awards (1973). These new categories were Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

Thus, the number of award categories became four (4) since the 20th Filmfare Awards South (1973). Now onward, all four awards were presented in all four main categories as such Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress belong to four film industries of South Indian Cinema.

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Best Music Director Award South was introduced in the 38th Filmfare Awards South (1991).

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Three new categories were introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards South (1998).

• Filmfare Award South for Best Cinematography.
• Filmfare Award South for Best Choreography.
• Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut South.

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Two new categories were introduced in the 46th Filmfare Awards South (1999).

• Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer-South
• Filmfare Award for Best Art Director-South.

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Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut-South was introduced in the 48th Filmfare Awards South (2001). Earlier the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South was introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).

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Four new award categories were introduced in the 50th Filmfare Awards South for Tamil and Telugu Cinema. These categories were Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Villain, and Best Comedian.

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Three new award categories were introduced in the 53rd Filmfare Awards-South.

• Best Lyricist
• Best Editor
• Best Action Director

• Further, Best Female Playback Singer and Best Male Playback Singer were introduced in the 53rd Filmfare Awards-South (2006) both Male and Female awards were made separated.
• Earlier a common award for available both Male and Female Singers since 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).

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• Filmfare Best Costume Design-South was introduced in the 58th Filmfare Awards-South (2011).
• Manish Malhotra received the award for Best Costume Design-South for the Tamil language Science Fiction Enthiran.

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• Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor was introduced in the 59th Filmfare Awards-South (2012).
• Best Actor-Critics (Tamil) was awarded in the 59th Filmfare Awards-South (2012).
• Vikram won the award for the film Deiva Thirumagal (Tamil).

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• Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress was introduced in the 63rd Filmfare Awards (2016).
• Jyothika won the award for the film 36 Vayadhinile (Tamil).
• Nithya Menon won the award for the film Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju (Telugu).
• Amala Paul won the award for the film Mili (Malayalam).
• Rachita Ram won the award for for the film Ranna (Kannada).

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